Brake.



C. L. LINCOLN. BRAKE.

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BRAKE.

Specification of Iiette'rs Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Application filed December 28, 1910. Serial No. 599,7 i1.

To oll'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES I LINCOLN,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented cer-- tain new and useful Improvements in Brakes, of which the following is a' specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in brakes and particularlylto external band brakes such as are used upon automobile and otherlike road vehicles.

The particular object of the invention is to generally im )rove upon the construction, and manner 0' arranging and connecting the links and other parts whereby a more ctlective form of brake is produced; to design the parts so as to get a uniform and equal pressure or draft upon both ends of the brake band when applied, irrespective of whether the machine be moving in a forward or backward direction, and further to obtain these results in a prompt and cited,

tivc manner thus avoiding any back lash, jerking and noise whcnthe brake is applied, such is present in slotted link, and other forms of constructions, and finally to make all operative parts adjustable with respect to the fixed parts and so arranged with respect to each other that a direct wrappin eliect in both directions of the brake l)tlll( upon the drum is obtained. it will be further noted that the brake is exceptionally simple in construction and thus inexpensive to l'nanutacture, also that the parts are so arranged and connected as to permit of their being quickly and easilv renuwed or replaced should it become necessary to repair the brake.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, and,illustrated in the accompanying two sheets of drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it. being"understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size, and minor details. of construction within the scope of the claims may oc resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the adval'ita es ol the invention.

r iniilar charact of reference denote like or coi-n2s tnuiiiig parts throughout the \"c1'ul tiguxe of the accompanying dra\vings forming a part of this specification, and upon which,

Figure Lshows a. "frontelevation of an automobile axle and wheel with my improved -form of external hand brake applied thereto. Fig. 2, is an enlarged inside-elevation of brake, drum, and connecting mechanism shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a similar side View of my novelbrake mechanism, but with parts in a tightened or clamped position. Fig. 4:, is a further enlarged plan view of theln'ake mechanism shown in Fig. 1. Figs.

5 and 6 show a detached side and edge view respectively of a reinforced form of my invention including a couple. of extra links to strengthen the device as inigh'tbe required on extra wide brake drums.

Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked upon the drawings 10 indicates a wheel that is connected and designed to be driven by an axle journaled in the fixed casing 12. The brake drum 13 is secured to the wheel in the usual or any preferred manner and is. finished with. a peripheral cylindrical brake surface which is encircled by a brake band 14 that has secured to its inner side a suitable asbestosorother form (if-brake lining 15 to engage the peripheral surface of the brake drum. end of the brake band is turned back and riveted to the body of the band to form an eve through which astud 'ltS is placed tor The for-ward the connection of one end of an operating,

lever 17. A somewhatlarger eye 16 1s similarly formed by the opposite end or the brake band for its attaclunont to a stud 19. This stud provided with a transverse hole 20 thercthrough to receive the threaded end of an adjustable bolt 21. The head end of this bolt slot-ted to receive. the intermediate portion of the before mentioned lever 17 and is further provided with a transverse hole to receive a pivotal pin 22 by means of which it pivotally connected to the said lover. The threaded end of the bolt is provided with an adjusting nut 23 to engage the cross stud and it contains two concave pockets 24!: formed in the opposite sides oi its forwardly extended sleeve portion 25, to receive the rounded side of the stud in way to prevent the not from turning oil. It

with the other end thereby causing an equal termediate of the pin 16 and the pin 22 which stiftens andstrengthens the connecbolt. The fixed stud may be supported in a bracket '31 carried by the axle covering, or may be supported from any other fixed part of the running gear. This studma-y' further be made adjustable so as to set the mechanism'higher or lower, betterto accommodate difierent sized brakes. The operative parts of the brake. are thus made self adjusting, that is, they are so hung from the fixed stud, as to be operatively retained in position and to cause the band and connected parts to assume a proper position to take immediate hold of the drum as quick as the lever is operated, and particularly to apply the power so that 'both ends of the band, are tightly drawn against the ,drum and toward each other and thus closely appliedto the surface of the drum. \Vhen the rod and lever are operated to tighten the band and "clamp the drum the lever assumes an upright position and slightly raises the relative posil tion'of pivotal pin and causes the stud end cut is,

16 of the band to engage the drum equally amount ofwear upon all the parts.

On extra wide brakes when additional strength is required I provide an extra pair of short links 3232, see Figs. 5 and 6, in-

tion.

Having thus-described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 1. In a brake of the "class described, the combination with a drum, and a fixed support, of a brake band to encircle-the drum,

a stud carried by one end of the band, abolt adjustably mounted in the stud, a link one end of which is'pivotally mounted upon the support and the other end pivotally connected to the free end of the bolt,.an"operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected to the other end of the brake ban'd and-its intermediate portion pivotally connected to the ends of both the before mentioned bolt and link, and an operating rod pivotally connected to the other end of the said lever.

Lli' In a brake of the class described, the combination with a drum, and a fixed support, of a brake band to encircle the drum, a stud carried by one end of the band, a bolt mounted in the stud, a nut upon the bolt having pockets in its side to receive the side of the stud and hold the nut against turninc :1 link one end of which 15 pivotally mounted upon the support and the other end pivotally connected to the free end of the bolt, an operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected to the other end .of the' brake band and its intermediate portion pivotally connected to the ends of both the before mentioned bolt and link,

and an operating rod pivotally connected to the other end of the said lever.

In a brake of the class described, the combination with a drum, and a fixedsupport, of a brake band to encircle the drum, a stud carried by one end of the band, a bolt having one vend adjustably mounted in thestud, an operating lever one end of which is pivotally connected to the brake band and its intermediate portion pivotally connected to the other end of the belt, a link pivotally hungfrom the fixed support and pivotally connected to said intermediate portion of the operating lever, and means for operating the lever to set the brake band. J

Signed at Bridgeport in the county of F airfield and State of Connecticut this 2nd day of Dec. A. 1)., 1910.

' CHARLES L. LINCOLN.

Witnesses:

C. M. NEWMAN,-

RUTH M. Vermin. 

